Racecards
19:30 Wolverhampton
Trevor Jelf 60th Birthday Claiming Stakes (Class F)
- 10 Runners
- Distance: 1m 6f 166y
- Going: Standard
- Form 335032
- Age 6
- Weight 10-0
- Trainer R Hollinshead
- Jockey Graham Gibbons
held up, headway 6th, ridden over 4f out, went 3rd over 2f out, kept on one-paced
Pavla (USA)
30- Form 041000
- Age 5
- Weight 9-9
- Trainer Edward Sexton
- Jockey Paul Scallan
always behind, tailed off 5f out
Dave The Bank
1495- Form 40/
- Age 7
- Weight 9-7
- Trainer T H Caldwell
- Jockey C Catlin
keen, prominent, pushed along halfway, weakened quickly, tailed off and pulled up after 4f out
- Form 420504
- Age 4
- Weight 9-4
- Trainer G Ham
- Jockey D Kinsella
behind, headway over 8f out, ridden 7f out, weakened over 4f out
- Form 046200
- Age 7
- Weight 8-11
led early, chased leaders, ridden to go 2nd 3f out, kept on one-paced
Sharp Steel
15- Form 2-24000
- Age 7
- Weight 8-11
- Trainer Miss S Wilton
- Jockey S Whitworth
keen, tracked leaders, ridden over 5f out, soon weakened
- Form 364050
- Age 3
- Weight 8-8
- Trainer S R Bowring
- Jockey P Makin
always towards rear, never dangerous
In depth
Verdict
Few can be seriously fancied in a weak affair and the TEAMtalk vote goes to High Policy who has excellent claims at the weights. Reg Hollinshead's charge is well suited by both the trip and the surface having finished runner-up on his last two visits here in handicap company off marks of 76 and 77 and a reproduction should suffice against moderate opposition. Tweed was in excellent heart earlieir this year when rattling up a five-timer on the all-weather bur has been well below her best of late including over timber and is worth opposing while last month's Catterick winner Welcome Back has plenty to find on these terms. Twilight Haze is best watched on his return from a near five-month break while Miracle Island is on the downgrade and Linus needs to show dramatic improvement in the first-time blinkers to figure.